have you checked whether the zd1211rw kernel module is loading...check in wizard wizard, puppy startup

The module appears to be loading and is not in the list of available modules, It does appear in the list of modules to blacklist, so I believe it is trying to load without success. Thanks.

Note: moved up to the dup476c version.

Additional look in this area has me puzzled. New Full install to ext2 at 14 Gigs on SDB3 achieves proper zd1211 drivers loading, but frugal to SDA1 (NTFS) or SDB1 (VFAT) both seem to miss the firmware. These were all created from the same folder of the extracted ISO 476c ???

To add more confusion, it seems I have leftover driver archives and extracted folders in root/tmp for "clean" no save install ! Could setup be not extracting the firmware correctly for frugal

following jduffy22335's lead, I did a full install of 476c and I am blown away...suddenly lots of things that didn't work do and the speed, makes my 4.1.2 full install look like a snail...I have got to get the niggly bits right on the run from cd and frugal, and this will be a flyer...._________________Dpup Home

OK then.
Made a dummy pup_save and configuration data like keyboard, X etc.. were saved now.
Unfortunately, my wireless card isn't recognized.
The driver RT73usb isn't in this distribution.
I got the necessary modules and firmware from my upup 466 install and copied them to the dpup 476 one. But when trying to load, the module wasn't found. Maybe something else has to be done, I don't know.

I didn't find my previous notes back yet, but did a quick test.
Kernel 2.6.29.1 isn't the only salvation, as I could boot and use the second HDD with Mu's New Year's Pup rc10. The kernel here is 2.6.28.5 (single processor) and puppy 4.1.1

Further I tried pup42smp (I think it's Aragon's smp version) of puppy 4.20 and at kernel 2.6.29.1 and the second HDD was seen and could be used.

I tried ppup 413 (kernel 2.6.25.16) and slaxer 4.12 (kernel 2.6.27.7) but none of these showed the second HDD. The first one was ok.

So that's it for the moment. Hope it shed some light._________________Time savers:
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....I'm going to recompile the 2.6.27.4 kernel with the missing modules...hopefully that should fix your problem Béèm...will release that as 476d...in a day or two..i'm web site building at the moment...PetStore._________________Dpup Home

OK gposil. There is no hurry.
I was glad already there is movement in dpup.

Your web site looks promising.
If I may permit, did you think in including a search facility?_________________Time savers:
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Used the acpi=off boot parameter and successfully added a frugal 476c install using the Universal Installer.

Like Béèm, I found that I had now had no wireless network - we have the same model Medion computer. The eth0 connection was fine.

There is a long delay (black screen) between telling the Xorg wizard what settings to use and the appearance of the cursor. I have not seen this on any other Pup where they are very quick to go from wizard to display.

Seamonkey in dpup476c is the old Mail-less version - so I installed ttuuxxx's Pup-specific 1.1.15 pet which nicely overwrote the Mail-less 1.1.14 Seamonkey & Sylpheed as defaults. Seamonkey 2.0 also installed nicely and seperately albeit with a too-small font. (I use Seamonkey for emails and only secondarily as a browser. So Sylpheed is also redundant for me).

dpup476c still uses the 3.1 type of sfs file - is this a function of the kernel? I have no problem with either 3 or 4 type of sfs file but I would like to know beforehand which sfs type the particular Pup uses so I can install the frugal into the appropriate partition. Now I check when I'm on the Live CD by trying to mount an sfs of one type - if I get an error, then I know it uses the other type of sfs.
Once frugally installed, my existing range of 3.1 sfs ran well in the dpup476c - I assume 6 is still the limit of sfs files to boot up with?

Dual cores very quick with this dpup when I play Bubbles. I did notice the Universal Installer suggested adding nosmp on the Grub menu.lst line (which I ignored). Installer was otherwise good.

Multimedia was good (noise & pictures).

Shutting down still doesn't totally power off the computer - system halts OK, and re-booting to another Pup or XP is also OK.

Shutting down still doesn't totally power off the computer - system halts OK, and re-booting to another Pup or XP is also OK.

I suppose this is due to the acpi=off boot option.
Therefor I would like to be able to boot correctly with acpi=on, as there are other side effects to device detection not being done correctly maybe.

I don't know what implies working with acpi=off and what functionality I would loose. Somethinh like suspend or hibernation functionality? Other?_________________Time savers:
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Sorry I haven't been back to anyone today...having major problems with satellite(skymesh) in OZ...it is still very erratic and goes offline at the drop of a hat...

I have started recompiling 2.6.27.4...2.6.29.4 not an option as uniproc in Barry's kernel...and I want to keep the multi-core support as it runs very nicely....

Have tracked down quite a few missing kernel modules and will hopefully give 476d a real boost...also, one point i'm not sure of, I don't have to acpi=off to boot and run 476c so there must be other kernel issues involved here, anyway 476d should address a lot of these problems with different hardware.

To inform about the latest test I made:
I am not as lucky as my soul mate in Medion MD 8818 affairs, davids45.
I tried the dpup 476b and dpup 476c with pfix=ram and acpi=off.
Boot is ok, but no second HDD (the esata)

I tried, with the same boot options, the dpup 476b kernel 2.6.29.1 and was blessed with a kernel panic.

Will try the dpup 476d when available and report back._________________Time savers:
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Hope to have 476d out later today...with a number of fixes including missing modules and the Gparted fixed, as well as shinobar's chooselocale fix...I must say at this stage that I will keep sfs3 for backward compatability...

BTW...I find the full install of dpup a very satisfying thing, it is fast and seems very stable...and it is so easy to install new software...I have been experimenting with SeaMonkey 2.0 and I think that 476e will have it replacing cut down 1.1.x and sylpheed...it's just so quick,...same core as ff 3.5.1...

@posil,
One problem i have found with the dpup builds is when you try to remove packages on a full install that are user installed with package manager, it sometimes corrupts xorg.
Might be worth you trying it before releasing your next distro.
Keep up the good work, dpup is the way to go.

During testing I was able to get a fully working apt-get, so synaptic is only a download away...the downside, synaptic and depends is quite big, so I think we'll leave that as individual choice as to whether people want it...but apt will certainly be in 476e...quite small and very useful.

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